August 1, 2015

Coastal Empire Beer Co. won silver and gold medals in blind tastings in July at the 2015 United States Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio. More than 4,000 beers and ciders from more than 20 countries competed to win in a number of different beer, cider and specialty categories.

Coastal Empire Beer Co. won a gold medal for their collaboration -March to the Sea- with the Kennesaw, Ga. based Burnt Hickory Brewery in the American Barley Wine category.

Additionally the brewer’s Barrel Aged Savannah Brown was awarded a silver medal in the Barrel Aged Dark Beer Category. Since Coastal Empire Beer Co. first released Barrel Aged Savannah Brown in 2013 it has won numerous awards including bronze in 2013 and gold in 2014 at the U.S. Open. The brewery’s classic Savannah Brown Ale also captured silver in the 2012 U.S. Open American Brown ale category.

“It’s always very exciting to receive recognition for the quality of our beer especially when there is so much competition from around the world. This is the fourth year since we founded our brewery in August 2011 that we have been successful in bringing home awards to Savannah,” Kevin Haborak, Richmond Hill Resident and co-founder of Coastal Empire Beer Co. said. “We were also very pleased to see the success of our first collaboration with another Georgia brewery. The guys at Burnt Hickory are great people, and to have our beer — March to the Sea — bring home a god medal was very exciting for both of us.”

Coastal Empire Beer Co. is located at 79 Ross Road in Savannah and features a tasting room that is open Thursday through Saturday. Patrons can tour the facility; sample the beers, and take home up to 72 oz. of souvenir beer from the tasting room.